CM Birds Collection
Citation
Rogers S (2022). CM Birds Collection. Version 9.3. Carnegie Museums. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/dv1ojv accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-02.Description
The section cares for over 187,000 specimens of birds, and a database over 206,000 records which include exchanged specimens and other specimens no longer in the collection. The most important of these are the 519 holotypes and 40 syntypes. We also care for approximately 196 extinct birds as well as specimens of many rare species collected decades if not more than a century ago. The collection on whole is ranked roughly ninth in the United States. The Carnegie Collection has over 154,000 study skins, almost 16,000 skeletons of which over 5650 have an accompanying spread wing prepared, many with tails, over 10,000 egg sets, 6760 fluid specimens, 440 flat skins and about 1250 taxidermy mounts.Additional info
http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.htmlTaxonomic Coverages
The entire collection is computerized. There are representatives of over 6000 bird species in the Carnegie Museum. Data records for recognized orders:
Tinamiformes - 553
Rheiformes - 20
Struthioniformes - 27
Casuariiformes - 18
Rheiformes - 20
Apterygiformes - 35
Gaviiformes - 257
Podicipediformes - 404
Procellariiformes - 1433
Sphenisciformes - 107
Pelecaniformes - 773
Ciconiiformes - 2192
Phoenicopteriformes - 39
Anseriformes - 4124
Falconiformes - 4366
Galliformes - 3960
Gruiformes - 1752
Charadriiformes - 12329
Columbiformes - 3352
Psittaciformes - 3457
Cuculiformes - 2121
Strigiformes - 2134
Caprimulgiformes - 1345
Apodiformes - 7904
Coliiformes - 136
Trogoniformes - 868
Coraciiformes - 2325
Piciformes - 9779
Passeriformes - 139541
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Avescommon name: birds rank: class
Geographic Coverages
North America – 100,896
Countries with largest number of specimens: USA 60,796, Canada 16,400, Mexico 7,808, Costa Rica 5474, Belize 3645, Honduras 2829, Cuba 1009.
South America – 58,825
Countries with largest number of specimens: Brazil 15,933, Colombia 14,039, Venezuela 11,225, Bolivia 8222, French Guiana 4657, and Argentina 1499
Africa – 14,198
Countries with largest number of specimens: Cameroon 4457, Kenya 4398, Angola 1521, Uganda 1100, Zimbabwe 648, Tanzania 599
Asia - 4592
Countries with largest number of specimens: Philippines 2165, China 1243
Europe - 2879
Countries with largest number of specimens: Yugoslavia 800, Netherlands 579,
Remainder of world – 1864
Countries with largest number of specimens: Zealand 646, Australia 460
Within the United States the largest state collections are: Pennsylvania 16,865, California 4541, Ohio 4345, Arizona 4037, Florida 3298, Texas 3231, Oregon 2667, Maryland 2002, New Mexico 1815, Oklahoma 1744, Alaska 1694
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Stephen Rogersoriginator
position: Former Collection Manager
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
4400 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburgh
15213-4080
PA
US
homepage: http://www.carnegiemnh.org/birds/index.html
Stephen Rogers
metadata author
position: Former Collection Manager
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
4400 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburgh
15213-4080
PA
US
Telephone: +01 412-622-3255
homepage: http://www.carnegiemnh.org/birds/index.html
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
Serina Brady
administrative point of contact
position: Collection Manager
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
4400 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburgh
15213-4080
PA
US
Telephone: +01 412-622-3255
email: bradys@carnegiemnh.org
homepage: http://www.carnegiemnh.org/birds/index.html